Chinese Americans: Ethnic group; Americans of Chinese ancestry
Chinese American describes citizens of the United States who have come from China or whose family came from China.
They are the largest group of Asian Americans. Famous Chinese Americans include Yo Yo Ma, Bruce Lee and George Li. As of 2010 there are nearly 4 million Chinese Americans, just over 1% of the total population of the U.S.
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| Total population | |
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| 4,888,040 1.5% of the U.S. population (2016) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| New York City Area, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Northern New Jersey, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles Area, San Diego, Sacramento, Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Austin, Tampa, Orlando, Seattle, Atlanta, Metro Detroit, Honolulu, Portland, Oregon, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Columbus, Chicago, Phoenix | |
| Languages | |
| Predominantly English, varieties of Chinese: Mandarin Chinese (Standard Chinese), Yue Chinese (Cantonese, Taishanese), Min Chinese (Eastern, Southern), Hakka, Wu Chinese (Taihu Wu, Oujiang Wu) | |
| Religion | |
| Unaffiliated, Buddhism, Protestantism, Catholicism and Taoism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Asian Americans, Hong Kong Americans, Overseas Chinese, Chinese Canadians, Taiwanese Americans |
| Chinese Americans | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 華裔美國人 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 华裔美国人 | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 美國華人 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 美国华人 | ||||||||||||
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Related pages
References
Other websites
Media related to Chinese Americans at Wiki Commons
- Stanford page Archived 2013-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Factfinder Chinese Americans 2005 American Community Survey Archived 2020-02-12 at Archive.today
- The Rocky Road to Liberty: A Documented History of Chinese American Immigration and Exclusion Archived 2009-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Famous Chinese Americans Comprehensive list of famous Chinese Americans organized by professions. Includes short biographical notes and Chinese names.
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